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Hepatic gluconeogenesis from alanine: 13C nuclear magnetic resonance methodology for in vivo studies

✍ Scribed by M. E. Stromski; F. Arias-Mendoza; J. R. Alger; R. G. Shulman

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1986
Tongue: English
Weight: 560 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 0740-3194
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910030105

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✦ Synopsis

This paper describes an experimental protocol designed to optimize 13C NMR spectra from the liver of the living anesthetized rat at 1.9 T. The protocol involves the use of a Helmholtz NMR coil which is positioned around the liver after surgical exposure. 1H decoupling is facilitated by double tuning this coil to both the 1H and the 13C frequencies. The protocol was shown to be suitable for studying the hepatic metabolism of 13C-labeled substrates in vivo by investigating the metabolism of [3-13C]alanine. Labeled glucose, glutamate, glutamine, and aspartate were formed and detected by 13C NMR in vivo in this experiment. The labeling patterns in these metabolites provided evidence that the major flow of alanine carbon into the Krebs cycle is via the pyruvate carboxylase reaction rather than through pyruvate dehydrogenase.

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